My name is Miss Sharon Mohy 24yrs old female, i'm from Libya. My late father (Dr. Parizad Mohy) was the former Minister of road in Libya before he and my mother were killed in a faithful morning of August 7,2011 in terrorist attack. I contacted you because of the situation and maltreatment i was receiving from my step mother and uncles, who planned to take away all my father's treasury and assets from me and threatening to kill me because am against them, fortunately for me, they couldn't discover where I kept my father's file which he used and deposited fund in a bank in Burkina Faso. I'm glad today that am out from my country (LIBYA) I'm now in (Burkina Faso) where my late father deposited the money in my name as the next of kin, I have confirmed that the money exists in the bank here in Burkina Faso, with the certificate of deposit i have at hand.

I traveled here in Burkina-Faso to withdraw the money for a better life so that I can take care of myself and start a new life, unfortunately the Bank Director whom I met in person told me that my father's instruction to the bank was that the money would only be released to me when I am married or present a trustee who will help me to invest the money overseas, so am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him/her to the Bank for the transfer arrangement because the Bank Director told me that the process will involve some expenses to legalize the fund to the name of my foreign partner before transferring into the person's account, I asked him, why not deduct the expenses from my inheritance fund, he told me that its not possible that the account has been dormant after a year and six months my father died, and he added that the fund is under security bond that no deduction should done from the account till the fund is transferred into my foreign trustee's account.

It's the sum of (US$7,200,000.00) Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) as an inheritance from my late father which I will like to invest in your country with your help and I cannot be able to make this claim myself because of my father's instruction to the bank and because of the expenses as I have no money with me. Please, if you are willing to help me then send me the following:

1 Your address....................

2 Your full name..................

3 Your age........................

4 Your private phone number.......

5 Your ID and photograph..........

6 Your occupation.................

After I receive the above mentioned information, I'll trust you fully and give your more detail and send you my pictures and my international passport then I will introduce you to the bank as my foreign partner and give you the contact information of the bank for you to use to contact and ask them on how to transfer the fund into your bank account in your country so that i will come over to join you for the sharing and investment project, I agreed that you take 30% of the fund for handling the transaction for me and you help me to invest the rest of the money in your country, and please don't let anybody to know about this fund, keep it as a top secret between you and I because i don't want my step mother and my uncles in Libya to know about it, you know how they treated me back in Libya as i explained to you, just keep it very secret okay.

I wait to hear from you. Thanks.

Your Sincerely,

Miss. Sharon Mohy.

2.       For me, if I received any email like that, I would like to ask myself “Why it is me?”. Therefore, I will not accept this email at face value. So, firstly after reading the email, I want to find out either the information stated in the email are true or not such as the relation between Libya and Burkina Faso and the cabinet of Libya. Even if the information stated were true, I will still arguing as why not the bank does recommended her to invest in its own country? In addition, to gain others trust, why can’t she provide some identification and the official written statements from the bank? Therefore, there will still be more lot to be questioned and surely I won’t trust this kind of email as it seem like a kind of random email.

3.       From the article, characteristic of critical thinkers is they will evaluate either their problem need more time or just do it. They will allocate just the right time to solve their problem. Moreover, critical thinkers try to focus on their problem rather than doing multi-work at one time. Plus, they know what they do not know, so they will limit themselves from saying what they do not know. Critical thinkers also do not disappoint when the outcome is not the expected indeed fail as they know the efforts eventually with be pay off. Plus, they will try to find out why they fail instead of just accepting it.

2.     I do not think that you should believe that email. I do not know from what soap opera the scammer took her situation from but clearly, she sent the email to the wrong person since she’s not fooling anyone. The story is easily debunked since why would a single person be able to order a bank around and if her father really wanted to gave a that large amount of inheritance, why would he set up conditions that made his only living heir a hell of a time to claim it? I think what gave it away was the fact that she asked for personal information and then asked for secrecy. The rule of thumb is that nothing is free especially when it comes to money. 30% is a huge share and logically thinking, why would anyone want to share their inheritance with a stranger?

3.     A critical thinker is someone that is willing to stop and ponder on the validity of a matter. They channel their energy to focus on a thing that could be changed or could be proven otherwise. They are patient, not to keen on rushing to take action and instead maximize their time in order to get the best outcome. A critical thinker is also a person that isn’t afraid to admit that they do not know certain things and therefore proceed to widen their knowledge to further improve themselves. They are also neutral and would not let anything they have or like to cloud their judgement. A critical thinker is also open minded and can tell the difference between sound strategy with skewed outcomes and just pure dumb luck from a bad strategy. They always bear in mind that any choices can be potentially wrong but it is up them to choose the best. They are also careful to make sure to look at a thing in a non-relative way to avoid succumbing to marketing tactics.

1.       After watching the video, in my opinion, critical thinking is about an ability to think more harder and deep about facts the we have known from the sources such as current issues, Internet or society. Critical thinking is helpful and interesting because not everyone can think critically even though he or she is smart and have more knowledge. It also can train us to think hardly to obtain the best solution in any problems the we may face soon instead use the solutions that everyone knows. It is just like we not accept the whole points from the other sources, but we think in our stand based on what we believe.

2.       You should not believe this e-mail. This is because you never know who is she and is it true that she was a daughter of former minister of road in Libya. You should ask yourself back why were you are the chosen one to get this e-mail. Besides, in this e-mail, she not attached any formal documents about her late father's treasury and assets; and a formal letter that she must find a partner from the Bank Director. Also, if she knows about ethical in get information from the others, she must give the detail information about herself before she asked our personal information. I think this e-mail is a scam so, you should ignore this e-mail, or any bad things will happen to you if you give all your personal information.

3.       After reading the article, characteristic of critical thinker is do not make decision in rushing way if the problem must think deeply. We must take a rest and think wisely about our decision. Besides that, critical thinker knows their limits. We should not pretend to know what we do not know. We should ask the people who has more knowledge about some topics. Next, judge strategy, not results. If our strategy does not go well, then we must check back the mistakes in every strategy. This is because if we judge the results, we are in dangerous. Every result that we got were from our strategy. Last but not least, ask ourselves about option that we got. Maybe every option can be wrong. We must think wisely in every option that we have so that something bad will not happen to us.

In a nutshell, critical thinking is not a measure of intelligence, instead it is a measure of how deep we think of something.

2.         In my opinion, the email is  absurd and cannot be trusted. Firstly, the story is obviously made up and exaggerated. Anyone surely would not want to give money worth of millions to any stranger. The sender introduced herself as a daughter of an important person in the country but could not actually provide the evidence of it. In addition, if the story is really true and she was desperate to find some foreigner, she must have attach supporting documents to gain the reader's trust, for instance a bank statement or even her identity. She also stated she wanted to invest the money to your country but did not state the solid reason why she chose it over other dozens of countries. She also did not mentioned why she chose you over other millions of people.

Other than that, the main objective of the email was only to steal one’s personal information. After a long message, she finally stated what she wanted. She wanted address, name, ID, photograph and so on, enough to show that the email was definitely a fraud. One can do many malicious activities using strangers’ personal information such as applying loans or credit card under their name. 

In conclusion, I think it is important to think critically about something rather than just simply trust and accept a story told by anyone.

3. Characteristics of a critical thinker include not jumping into conclusions but instead to slow down and think carefully. They also know how to apply their attention toward a situation selectively and effectively. They acknowledge their limit and is not afraid to admit it. They tend to have a wider knowledge because they always seek for it. They also channel their energy and thought deeply toward one thing at a time. A critical thinker seek refutation, not confirmation. They judge the strategy and not the outcome of something. This means they know the importance of the facing challenges and gaining experience to acquire something rather than to have it by luck. A good strategy is always worth repeating until we receive the outcome we want.

 

2.  In my opinion, you should not believe the email. Not just that it is too good to be true but it also lacks of evidence. There are nothing in the email to prove that it is true. No pictures or official statement at all. She, as a daughter of Minister should have know how to approach someone officially with this big intention. She also greets without your name on it. It seems like she did not done a careful search on who she want to be her trustee and this kind of effort does not matched the amount of money she offer. It is also dangerous to expose her inherited money to a stranger if it is even true. Hence, we have no reason to believe this email.

 

3. Some of the characteristics of a critical thinker are calm and have a relaxed mind as it is hard to think under a pressured situation. They would not waste their mental energy for useless things. A critical thinker would not be ashamed to seek help from reliable person as they accept their limitation in knowledge and ability. Beside that, when something definitely goes wrong, they do not hold on to it just because they invested a lot. Along with that, they value good strategy rather than judging fully based on the result. For them, every option could have been wrong and they like to challenge the contradict.

2.       In my opinion, I think I just cannot believe this email. It is strange to think that of all people in this world, why did she choose me as her life saviour. Before taking action, I should consider the validity of this email. This sender did not state her full information and proper documents to prove that what she stated is true.  If this email is true, then she should mention in the email that she will keenly provide her personal information and official statement to gain my trust after I reply her email. Plus, I would find out about the truth of her story about the relation between Libya and Burkina Faso and the cabinet of Libya. Even If it is true, the sender probably use it to make the story become more realistic and to gain my trust. Besides, 30% is a huge amount of share. If I am on her place, I would not just simply share that huge amount of money to a person that I don’t even know her/his name.

3.       Based on Ten Commandments for Critical Thinking, the characteristics of a critical thinker is, the first one, slow down and take some times to think before jump to any conclusion. This Is because everything need strategy. The next one is, If we in doubt, why not we give some times for our brain to think because the longer it is, what we need to say will feel much clearer. Besides that, we should know our limits. We cannot pretend that we know everything. Nobody is perfect. Everyone must have at least a thing that they don’t know. So instead, we should find out more about what we don’t know and that’s how we can be confident of ourselves. 

2.      Generally speaking, I think I shouldn’t believe the email. First of all, it seems suspicious for someone to randomly send an email and actually knew our email. I will search her father’s name to gain more information about the sender. If it is true, she might have to consider whether I can be trusted or not. Rather than choosing me as a trustee, I think she should get married and trust her partner for being a trustee. In addition, there is no official written statement to be attach on the email to show how desperate she is yet she already asked me for my personal information. From this point, I think this is only a spam that wanted for our personal information so that they can access into our account and then in any time, our money are all gone. Other than that, she did not explain much about her uncle and aunt who only desire for the money. She just explain it briefly and focus on the money that she wanted to use to begin a new life. Positively thinking, I believe she is still young and cannot afford to manage such a big amount of money. Therefore, it is not the right time for her to involve in the investment oversea. The money that she offered doesn’t change my stance from doubting the validity of this email. As a precaution step, we should just ignore this email or any similar email that might pop up in to our email to prevent us from getting scammed and robbed.

3.      First and foremost, being a critical thinker, we should be able to think something deeply and not rushing into a decision without studying its validity. A critical thinker does not have to rush into things. All they need to do is just to think slowly as everything needs a well-planned strategy. Every option that comes up from a critical thinker might be wrong and they must willingly to accept and proceed with the other plan or strategy. A critical thinker must admit his/her limit instead of claiming something to be true before studying it thoroughly. They should ask help from the expertise on a certain thing. A critical thinker also should not give up easily when the results do not reach their expectations. Furthermore, a critical thinker must not be blinded with a short term success. In fact, the truthiness of matters is being argued. Making mistakes is part of learning process and discovering things. For example, most of the scientists failed many times before they found things benefits the human kind. Lastly, a critical thinker should be careful on taking the references and doing it by himself/herself.

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2. In my opinion, I surely think that this email was a scam. First, nobody in this world would send you email out of nowhere, without even know each other, different continent or country and tell you the story of their life on the spot. It is weird and apparently very strange. In that email, the sender mentioned about the struggle she’s been into regarding the bank protocol. She is asking you to help her by investing some expenses to legalize a fund. This clearly shows the real intention of the sender towards you. Other than that, the sender also asks you to fill your private information such as address and private phone number which is in my opinion the most eerie things and I am surely decline that permission really quick. Finally, the sender did not conclude any strong evidence or document from any authorities about the fund which it should have because of the serious amount in it. There is no identification stated from the sender that we could consider and think about. The sender only stated her name and her amazing life story. This is also why I think this email is a trap and we should not take any stupid action to this email as we know there were a lot of cases like this nowadays, that have been cost someone’s life.

3. The characteristics of the critical thinkers is that they know when to sit back and think carefully. They not afraid of pausing or delaying their decision making. They also try their best to get rid of the surrounding chaos in today’s media. Plus, they know their limits and constantly learning. They would search for expertise in a particular situation where they know it is not their good at so that they can get the best answers. Furthermore, they committed in what they invest in and keep looking forward. They also focus only on the long-term success and carefully build strategies to have better output instead of judging the results.

2.  In my opinion, this email cannot be trusted. This is because she is from Libya. How can she know your email address? She is not even your siblings or relatives. Secondly, why did she send it to you? A lot of scam email had been an issues lately especially towards women. This is because the nature of a women that can fall easily to something absurd like this. How can you be sure that the sender of the email is actually really a woman with a problem? How can you believe that she is really the daughter of a dead dad who have a lot of assets? Isn’t this sound fishy? As for me myself, I won’t ask anything personal to a person that I don’t know. But she is very brave to send this kind of message while telling her biggest secret? How can she be sure that I won’t tell to anyone about this money? Therefore this email should not be trusted easily before some research had been done towards this woman who said herself as the victim of her uncles and aunties.

3. After reading the article about what are the characteristics for critical thinker, I think that it isn’t that hard to do so. This is because you only needs a will and technique. It is just the matter of habits and strategy. You always need to be relax but at the same time your brain is thinking about something. A critical thinker do not rush in doing something. They may take some time to justify something but at the end the results are better and excellent. After I had done a few quizzes, I realized that a critical thinker do not think that hard. They always think something that are logic but can be accepted by other people. It didn’t need to be totally absurd and new things, but the way of thinking and the reasons shows the different whether he or she a critical thinker or not. Next, they are also very determine. They do things that other people never think of doing it.

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First of all, the sender clearly made an unrealistic claim to someone whom she doesn't even know. When she said that she's insecure with her relatives' untrustworthy, it is questionable of why would she trust an anonymous from another country if she wouldn't even trust her own relatives.  How can she be so convinced that the particular foreigner from a particular country whom she had emailed is an honest and reliable person who can stand as her trustee? Wouldn’t it be easier if she just get married with someone instead of going here and there finding a far away trustee?

Besides, since she mentioned that she didn’t any money with her, how could she go to Burkina Faso with no cash at all? This seems arguable and makes no sense. Other than that, I am very skeptical of how she tried to retrieve your personal information first before she gives you her full trust and finally provides her personal details and such. She was the one who started it all, asking for your help in handling her business, wasn’t she? Should she give those details first to a particular someone whom she trusted to help her claim the inheritance and her investment partner-to-be? After all, it is obvious that the sender  offered an untrustworthy claim as she failed to attach any documents or certificates along with the email even she declared that she had all the certificates with her.

 3. To think critically, we have to first slow down and be rational in order to have a good deep thought about a subject or matter. This is how we pay attention selectively and effectively. Beside, it is crucial to conserve your mental energy by focusing on what really matter and letting unnecessary pests affect your way of critical thinking. Time is also an effective cofactor in thinking critically. You may need a few moment to clear your mind and again, refresh a deep thought of yours – do and say absolutely nothing. Moreover, to have a critical analysis is to know your limits and seek for others’ expertise when needed. This is important to deduce a trustworthy result. Critical thinking also requires you be brutal, and look ahead when things don’t work out. It is also necessary to keep doing the right thing, play the odds in the long term by sticking to a good strategy which is worth repeating. Furthermore, a critical thinker should know how to distinguish the frame of reference and justify about the relative of one’s cost and value. You should also be able to think of both sides – the supports and refutation. By seeking refutation and not confirmation , you can have valid conclusion by having challenges, contradictions and put your arguments or beliefs to a genuine test. As a critical thinker, you might also meet a situation where neither the options are correct or worth choosing. This is how you go beyond the obvious and question if you really are given a choice.

 

2.       Believe or not, it is an option. As the critical thinker, it is not as simple as that to believe the e-mail received by unknown person who was personally shared her current problems and asking for help from a stranger. She is being unrealistic as she was secretly trying to ask for help from unknown person and keep it private. If I received the e-mail, first thing that comes across my mind is how did she get my e-mail and confidently told me all the details of her problems? As I read the e-mail, I was being skeptical about the ‘situation’ she is in. Is it true? In my point of view, she was convincing the reader by trying to win over sympathy which is unprofessional. Moreover, when the ‘situation’ is regarding to money or banking issue, it would be kind of impossible to simply making an agreement through an e-mail or social networks. I might be influenced by the heartbreaking story told by her, but there is not much evidence to prove she is telling the truth. There is no any official letter given by the bank or documents related or any black and white evidences. In the other hand, asking for others personal information is another type of unprofessional act. Therefore, I stand on my opinion that this e-mail should not be trusted. 

 

3.       Firstly, to be a critical thinker, efforts are needed. Pause and analyze before making a decision is one of the characteristics needed. Do a strategy and make it out effectively and always have a back-up planned. Besides, critical thinkers must admit their limits but won’t let anyone dictate their time and attention. Plus, to spend some time to sit back and have a deeper thoughts would be the right choice before jump to a conclusion. Moreover, do not ever pretend to know what you don’t know is the crucial part were each of the critical thinker must widen their knowledge and to give all you had to achieve something you are looking for. Hence, it is important to remember the process is better than result. To choose the best over the best must be your final decision, however every option can be wrong therefore, wisely think which options should be rejected. In a nutshell, critical thinking teach you to acknowledge your potential on making decision and how to think wisely until the best choice is chosen.  

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2. In my opinion, you should not believe this email. This is because we should protect our privacy and our personal information should not be exposed to strangers. In this email, the sender did not provide any supportive evidences that showed her story’s credibility. The email could be a scam that will trick us into their trap. Hence, we should not believe this email and always be careful in the future if any similar situations like this appear.

3.In my opinion, the characteristics of a critical thinker is to think slowly and build a strategy in a hard situation especially so that we can avoid any bad consequences. Other than that, a critical thinker should judge the strategies not the results. Thus, critical thinker need to be able to always come up with a good strategy even though the outcome is not satisfying. However, a critical thinker should not be blinded by a short-term success such as when there is a good outcome with a bad strategy.  

1.  Since my first class of CA last week, I keep questioning myself what is actually a critical thinking. As an activity, Dr Azizah also have assigned us to made a mind map about the meaning - what is critical thinking but at that time I just wrote anything I think suitable. Critical thinking, after I finished watching the video the idea is how we turn ourself become uncomfortable in order we think beyond the obvious. To think in that way there are two tools needed. First is skepticism, doubting the info or the truth. Second, objectivity which means we look in neutral perspective towards something. By doing that we get the ability to think critically and being obliged to change our minds when facts change. 

 

2.  The first thought that I have after reading this email is how that person can come up with a really nice setup of a storyline in order to trick people to get their money and personal info. In this era, we cannot easily believe something that we read or hear without doing some other research. After I read that email I try to search by myself the facts that the writer of that email wrote - and the only thing that comes out is totally about scamming because a lot of people also receive that email. You should not believe this email because there is something wrong when they ask for your personal details. You cannot freely willing to give the details to something that you not sure the truth yet. Just like what I did, to confirm your reading you need to double check it and make some research.

 

3.  Someone who is a critical thinker is not literally just 'someone'. They are a person who has characteristics that really define them as a critical thinker. Every option can be wrong, this is a mindset that they have in order not to be careless by their every choice. A critical thinker does not rush into making choices, rather slow down if they get distracted or tired to conserve their mental energy. Same goes when they have doubt or hesitated. Every person has their limits. A critical thinker needs to know their limits and not become the person who knows everything happens in this world. Lastly, when they made a choices or decision and it goes wrong, a critical thinker does not blame the result nor give up. What they need to do is to re-check the strategies that they approved because something went wrong due to the bases. In this case, a critical thinker is a person that when they made a mistake, they knew there are several things that are wrong with their strategies and remake that strategy again.
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Critical thinking is thinking beyond the obvious. It makes us to doubt something before knowing the truth about it and to see something from neutral point of view that doesn’t pick a side. Critical thinking is hard to be done because it may cause others to feel uncomfortable. Many of the people always follows the majority while they don’t think critically about something. It also requires time, energy and also spirit and this causes many people doesn’t want to think critically. Critical thinking also can change one’s opinion about something that may be wrong unless we are confident to change the skepticism from others.

Should I or shouldn’t I believe this email? Why.

No, I shouldn’t believe it because it is very unreasonable to do so. Especially when I read the part that she is married, so why would she give that money to me since she will have her own child that can inherit that wealth. Plus, I don’t even know her name and her family. Why did she approached me to inherit her father’s money? Where did she get my email address and why did she tell me that she trust me? The most important part is if she knows me at least she knew my name or mention which country that I am living in. There would be so many question that will appear in my mind. I think that I shouldn’t put my trust easily towards these kind of email or message because so many people have reported that same type of cases.  

In my point of view, we should take things slowly and don’t rush things over. Think about something over and over until we’re satisfied with our decision before taking some action. Next, we must stay focus about solving problem that we had but in the meantime, don’t waste too much time on it. Doing nothing and wait for the right time also can be the best action that we make and let time take care of the rest. Moreover, we may seek for help if we don’t know about something because others thought might come in handy. However, don’t expect so high towards the time and money we spent for something because we might failed to get what we want. If that happens, just face it boldly. We shouldn’t get too distracted by good result or the temporary success, come up with the next good strategy for upcoming challenge and look for the long term effects. Furthermore, we must put our contradiction or arguments towards something, so we can prove that is it the right thing to do or not. Other than that, we have to stick to our reference, don’t limit us to others terms and condition, so we can decide for our own instead.

 

2. No, I should not believe the email sent to me. I had a bad feeling after reading the email because I think she is not a not a nice person. Besides, in the email, it seems like she’s creating the story in order to ask for my sympathy. I kept thinking where did she get my email and why did she choose me? If she was really in a difficult situation, she should think the exact way to solve her problems. Since she was a daughter to a former minister, it’s quite impossible if she really didn’t has her own savings in case if an unexpected thing occurs. Then, I was also feeling curious when she told me to keep this email as our secret. Why I can’t tell about this to others if she’s really in trouble? So, we have to be careful especially when receiving that kind of email. Don’t trust easily to a stranger even though they are asking for help. It’s better for us to ignore the email than taking the risk by giving our personal information.

 

3. Characteristics of critical thinker

The first characteristic is slow down. We shouldn’t be rush especially in making decision. Then, conserve mental energy. It means that we have to be smart in managing our time and don’t waste our time with things that can distract our focus. Next, wait if we’re in doubt. Calm down and relax if we’re in a difficult or unwanted situation. Besides that, we have to know our limits means that we shouldn’t be shy with others if we don’t know about something. We better ask someone rather than remain silent. Next, beware of sunk costs. Do not expect too high with something that we’ve sacrifice and be sincere in anything that we’ve done. Then, don’t ever judge the results. Plan and do the best strategy in order to achieve successful. Most things revert to the mean! It means that we have to think further if things do not happen in our way. Next, we have to seek refutation and not confirmation. We must challenge ourselves instead of putting ourselves in a comfort zone. Then, beware of our frame of reference. We shouldn’t let others decide for us. Choose the best decision for ourselves. Lastly, every option can be wrong means that we have to think carefully the pros and cons of every option so that we will not regret in future.

1. So, what is critical thinking, anyway? 

Based on the video, critical thinking can be defined as the ability to think beyond the obvious, deeply into the hidden messages. It is not thinking. A critical thinker does not simply think at the face, but beneath it. He/she usually thinks what underlies the surface. Critical thinking is not that smart people do most of the time or stupid people do least of the time. Instead, knowing when and how to engage critically is in fact critical thinking. A question of habit and strategy more than having solely intellect is also a part of critical thinking. Therefore, critical thinker is commonly a curious person. He/she will always be thirsty of knowledge and facts so as to satisfy the logics.      

Fundamentals of critical thinking are comprised of scepticism and objectivity. Doubting the truth is the habit of a critical thinker and seeing something from a more neutral point of view is what they do most of the time. They develop a strong mind within themselves. 

Thus, to be a critical thinker, we have to think like one. We have to make a paradigm shift from now onwards. 

 
2. Should I or shouldn’t I believe this email? Why 

As far as this email is concerned, I believe that this email is a mere scam. You should not trust such ludicrous email from someone you don’t even know who the sender is, what kind of background she is coming from and what type of personality she is of. In other words, you should not take this matter for granted because the stranger may be someone who shows her concern on your welfare purely to bait you to her set-up trap in order to put you in a plight. You should not be too gullible when dealing with this form of persuasive treatment. On that account, you should not believe this email. 

From my point of view, first and foremost, the sender herself seemingly put the message in the email in a fishy hyperbole way. To have an axe to grind, it’s like there’s something not good beyond her offer from which she was concealing. In addition, it is a common sense that there’s scarcely an ordinary individual giving away fortunes to an absolute stranger. It does not make any logical sense. If I were the recipient of this email, “Why me? Why not other person? Why must it be me? Who am I to you? Have we ever met before?”, such thoughts would be juggling in my box of mind. Plus, there’s no even a single supporting details or evidence to prove that each and every statement she is proclaiming to be true. Libya is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa and Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. She said that she moved to Burkina Faso towards better life. But then, there is no continuity in the story she conveyed. There is no link between the part she told she received maltreatment from her step mother and the part she had left Libya. I think there is something missing between the two parts. What is the missing part she is hiding us from? Why didn’t she mention anything about how she got away from her uncles and step mother? She did not enunciate clearly the major reason to these questions in the email. She should have at least revealed a bit of her true identity by sharing several pictures of herself before soliciting your personal information. Not to mention, it is tremendously bizarre for some desperate stranger to share and invest such amount of assets you for no hidden agenda. 30% of US$7,200,000.00 is completely an immense amount of dollars, but you should probe more about this so as to not accept it blindly for your own sake of security. 

To sum it up, you should never ever believe something told by any kind of people without thorough critical analysis about it. This is the main gist delivered by me. 

 
3. Characteristics of a critical thinker 

The first and primary characteristics of a critical thinker is they think slowly and apply attention in an effective way. At times, they get rid of things that require least attention. They spend more time in solving problems worth of a strategy. On top of that, a critical thinker conserves his/her mental energy. They deal with things in full-focused bursts by not letting others dictate their precious time and attention. That is essentially how a critical thinker works. Apart from that, critical thinkers will wait a bit before reaching the final decision. If they were clouded with doubts, they would pause for some time and become silent because pauses and silence sometimes can be the best friends of better thought. It is better to not pretend you know of something you don’t know. 

2. Should I believe this? Why?

In my  opinion, I should not believe this email. I knew she gave me some of her personal informations but how can we say that the informations are true? I don't see any documents or certificate as the evidence to prove her identity and situations. Furthermore, she said that her late father was a former Minister of road in Libya. Logically, a daughter of an important person should be well-known in the country. In this modern days, a prominent person and his family background can be found easily through internet. With this, we can get to know the truth. Besides, in the last part of the email, the sender stated that we should give our address, occupation, private phone number and many more in order to join the investment project with her. From this, we know that the main purpose of this email - to get our personal informations. Hence, I will not believe this as there are a lot of points that show the situation is not 'real'. Thus, we must think and act critically before making any decision because the quality of our life is depends on the quality of thought. 


3. In my point of view, a thinkers have some characteristics that make them to think critically. Firstly, don't rush. It means that we have to slow down and think carefully eventhough it takes longer time. The longer time will produce a high quality thought. Secondly, we should not pretend that we know everything and we end up have no ideas at all about certain topics or situations. Better be a listener than a speaker. It doesn't mean that we do not know anything but with that, we can improve and increase our knowledge on that particular topic. Furthermore, a critical thinker judges the strategies instead of the results. Judging the results may lead to short term success only. In conclusion, we must improve our quality of thought by taking all of these characteristics into account while dealing with difficult situations. 

After watching the video, not only once, but twice, I think I have a rough understanding on what critical thinking really is. You cannot simply categorize the ability to think critically according to someone’s intelligence, but instead, it depends on something way simpler; the ability for a person to think differently. And by differently, I mean the ability to think with two main tools mentioned in the video, which are skepticism and objectivity, not only as a habit but as a strategy to face challenges in our daily lives. Skepticism lies within someone who dares to doubt the truth of something, unlike people who accepts whatever that comes their way, not questioning any of it. This ability can be harnessed as we gain more knowledge to help us support new findings and contradict old ones. On the other hand, objectivity can be seen as something impossible and very difficult to be practiced by anyone as it require us to have an unbiased perspective, a neutral point of view on any changes implemented.  This might be true but there are people who prove that it is possible by making constant progress in shaping the way they think. When there is a will, there is a way and thus, nothing is impossible as long as we try to do our best. Critical thinking is basically fueled by the curiosity of a person about the events happening around him or her. In this modern era where we are all spoon fed by technologies, with knowledge handed to us without much difficulties, we tend to have less opportunity to practice critical thinking. We are too used to being given information that we do not question it and accept it blindly. People may think that this stereotypical way of thinking is beneficial to all as it prevents uproars or rebellion, some may even claim it can retain peace but the sad truth is that thinking the mundane way debunks our development and ability to grow. Critical thinking is not being judgemental but it is proving something new that can cause change which then may lead to some people feeling uncomfortable. It is beyond obvious and forces us to change our minds on many issues in the world which can be challenging for people who are reluctant to accept changes. We must be able to think critically not to seek credentials or confirmation but to explain things that are hardly explainable or kept quiet for the sake of peace and normality.

2. Should I believe this? Why? (read the email)

I suggest that you do not believe this email because of a few reasons I think are crucial in deciding whether or not to doubt the authencity of this email. First of all, the woman mentioned that her late father was a minister. As known by many, ministers from whichever country are usually well-known and can at least be searched online for confirmation, to see if such a minister even exists. And as a minister, he must have had more than enough connections that could have helped his daughter with all these unsettled business. Not to mention, he must have known about his relatives supposedly planning to forcefully take all of his treasuries and assets or he could have at least expected this to happen. The first thing he would have done was to take proper measures to ensure that everything gets handed to his daughter. But then let us say that he was as ignorant as this woman implies him to be, and failed to see all of this unfold in the future. There are still a few more suspicious aspects to this email. This woman claims that her parents were killed on August 7, 2011 during a terrorist attack and yet you happen to receive this email on 29 November 2017, years after the incident. This sure screams fishy to me. Within that long period of time, she would have already found someone as a trustee to get her father’s possession. It also does not make sense that someone from Libya is actually asking you, a civilian of Malaysia for help. Libya is thousands of miles away from Libya and the fact that she is looking for a so-called trustee all the way in Malaysia simply does not add up. How did she even obtain your email address? Why would she suddenly choose you, a stranger she never met before and ask for your personal details, when you barely know anything about this woman except for her story which can be excerpt from one of the books she read, for all I know. Nobody, I dare say, would put trust in someone else, especially a stranger to give 30% of her fund and invest in your country. There are too many loop holes in her request which you cannot afford turn a blind eye on as it might affect you terribly. Giving away personal details to known authorities can still be a danger to ourselves, more so if it is to a stranger. The fact that she asks you to not tell anybody else really just seals the deal. Like I have mentioned before, her relatives are miles away, what harm could it do to tell someone you know here. Clearly she has a hidden agenda and she must be up to no good requesting people’s personal details in this deceitful manner. She offered no details of herself which is of value and therefore, you should not share yours as well. Precaution is well needed in this case and the best thing to do would be to delete the email you received and help prevent future criminal acts by reporting mails like this one to the authorities.

3. Characteristics of a critical thinker (after reading 'Ten commandments for critical thinking' and answering the quizzes) 

 

A critical thinker should be able to slow down and not rush into things in their daily lives as this would allow them decide whether they have to create a well-planned strategy in order to handle the crisis at hand or not to worry too much about unnecessary or unimportant matters. This allows a person to adjust how much attention he or her needs to give to every aspect of life without wasting time or energy. This will be a huge advantage which allows us to conserve mental energy as all of us have limited willpower. Knowing exactly what needs most of your attention helps us to focus on our tasks better and organize our time effectively. Doing something earlier does not necessarily mean that it is a good thing to do and doing something later does not mean it is a bad thing either. To differentiate which is which, we need to be skilled enough to use time to benefit us in the best way possible. Pretending to be a know-it-all does not help too. It takes courage for someone to admit that he or she does not know a particular thing or simply has no experience in that discussed area. This is another relevant characteristic of a critical thinker. This will then stimulate the urge for us to know more and seek knowledge. We must be able to take risk and face the consequences that come with it as well. As long as we had put in effort, whatever the result may be, a critical thinker would be able to accept it and move on instead of hanging on to the past. By not giving up easily, somehow, we will be able to rise again with perseverance and persistence. Critical thinkers can contradict something with the proof needed and argue, not for the sake of recognition, but to seek out the truth in the end. A critical thinker must always think before acting to avoid mistakes that can be avoidable and thus cause less problems that might arise in the future. With all these characteristics planted deep within oneself, being a critical thinker will not be that big of a deal.

2.     In my opinion, I should not believe this and also refrain from giving my personal information to the sender. This is because the sender does not provide any official documents to prove her credibility. It might be a scam. Besides, we should always not to provide any personal information to anyone we do not know, especially those who randomly get our email from anywhere. We should always think rationally because we do not know why the sender will be able to get our email and send us email that says that she will be giving us a huge amount of money. Even though we might be attracted by the amount of money given, we should not simply accept gifts from strangers. In addition, the sender keeps on repeating the sad story about her, it is just to persuade us into giving her all our personal information by trying to win sympathy points from us. In a nutshell, we should always be careful when we receive such email by making sure we do not fall into the trap and give the sender our personal information.

3.     In my opinion, one of the characteristics of a critical thinker is to slow down and think carefully. A good strategy is needed to solve the problem. Although our brains will be lack of ideas while thinking to solve the problem, we should rest for a while and do not worry too much. Besides, a critical thinker should be able to conserve mental energy. Habits and a good working environment should be built to help us focus in our work. We should pay attention and not to waste time unmeaningfully. A critical thinker also must be able to be patient. Do not rush while encountering difficulties. Try to be patient and unintentionally, the problems will be solved. However, while waiting, we must also think alternative ways to solve it. In addition, we should always be humble. When we do not know about something, do not pretend that we know about it. We should just admit that we do not know about that. However, we must also try our best to find out how to solve the problems. Don’t over-value what we have just because we have it. Moreover, a critical thinker should always judge the strategies instead of the results. Bad strategies with a good outcome is always bad strategies, while good strategies are still worth repeating although they might not work out well. We should not only focus on short term success. We should always seek refutation but not confirmation. We should also always seek out for challenges and contradictions to prove something happened. Last but not least, we, as a critical thinker, must not always expect the answer we get are always correct. Every option can be wrong. Thus, we must always think rationally and wisely before making any decision to prevent ourselves from making wrong decision and for the best result.

1)    So, what is critical thinking, anyway? (after viewing the video) 

Critical thinking is skill developed by humans to have to ability to think for themselves and to have query about the things which are happening around. A person with high critical thinking skill able to detect whether others are sincere while befriending with them. Critical thinkers will know others are insincere and wanting to exploit benefits from them. Critical thinking skills can be developed through intensive training and consistent practice as well as patience.  One who fails to think critically in daily lives will only judge something based on the face value without considering the consequences. Critical thinkers are often being called aggressive in speaking out their minds. Instead, people are usually more attracted to people who are less aggressive and supportive at any idea. Those who are easily agree to others without thinking about the ideas thoroughly in mind are uncritical thinkers. Nevertheless, uncritical thinkers are not stupid and critical thinkers are not always the smart ones. People are capable in thinking critically but they just do not do so. This is because they simply give excuses like insufficient of time, energy and mood to think in a critical manner. There are two tools which are important in helping one think critically, which are scepticism and objectivity. Scepticism means doubting the truth of something while objectivity means seeing something from a neutral point of view. While thinking critically, one should set aside all his or her bias and prejudice in judging something to make the best choice. 

 2) Should I believe this? Why? (read the email) 

No, I should not believe this. This is because the whole story narrated by the sender is too dramatic and fake. The sender is probably making this whole story up to create a trap for others to hop in. The email also aimed to get private information like ID numbers, phone numbers and home address from the receiver. Thus, it is obvious that the sender is creating a scam using this email to trick others into their designed trap. They used high amount of money to attract people to fall prey to their trick. I have doubts about their motive behind the long and sad drama. I am guessing that they want to use money to exploit money from others. This is a slick and clever scam to trick people with no critical thinking skills. As for the critical thinkers, a first glance will reveal how fake is the email to the receivers. The scam is also too good to be true because it offers high amount of money to the one who accepts to help the sender. It is impossible for a stranger to offer such high amount of money. There are also no certified documents or proves to show that the sender is not creating a scam. There is no way anyone should believe such ridiculous email from a stranger. 

 3. Characteristics of a critical thinker (after reading 'Ten commandments for critical thinking' and answering the quizzes) 

A critical thinker is able slow down his or her path and think calmly about which strategy to overcome when encountering a serious problem. Moreover, a critical thinker is clever in paying their attention on the prioritized tasks rather than wasting time and energy on less important tasks. A critical thinker develops positive habits and good in choosing a conducive environment to focus on certain project or task. Other small unrelated or irrelevant things will not distract them. A critical thinker has patience and silence in dealing with difficult problems. Furthermore, a critical thinker also knows his or her limits and they will consider thoroughly before deciding by considering their strengths and weaknesses. A critical thinker also never over-value what he or she has just because he or she owns it. Other than that, a critical thinker also does not judge a successfulness of an event by its results. Instead, he or she focus on the strategies used. A critical thinker is someone who looks at the long term. He or she is matured and experienced enough in dealing with hard tasks. Furthermore, a critical thinker also re-examine the old theories forced by precious evidences. Last but not least, a critical thinker is very rational in deciding the best option for the best outcome. 

 

 

 

2. In my opinion, you should not believe the e-mail and restrain yourself from replying to the e-mail as it seems very dubious and doubtful. It is eerie on how and where the sender got your e-mail from and why did she chose you, out of many mankind living on the globe? It is even more suspicious that she did not give any of her personal information and didn’t provide letter from the bank to prove her credibility and also to ensure that her story is really genuine and authentic. This is most likely a fraud. 

 

Hence, it is not advisable to believe the content of the e-mail and to provide all your personal information to the sender as stated.

 

3. A critical thinker should slow down and conserve mental energy to plan strategies before making any decision or taking any action. If we found ourselves being in any doubtful events, stay silent and pause to give ourselves some time to think and decide our next step. Do not act smart when we know nothing about the subject and learn to acknowledge our flaws if there is something that we do not know about. If your input doesn’t correlate with the truth, even if you have invested in a lot of money, time and effort, cut your losses. Judge strategy, not results. Keep following the right strategy do not be too obsessed with short term success. Much of it is just luck. By keeping in mind that most things revert to the mean, we should always look to the long term and the underlying trends as things tend to recover over time. Think beyond the possibilities. Seek out challenges and contradiction and never agree to an argument before getting a supportive stands and genuine test results. Last but not least, define your time reference in advance and be primed to listen to any rejection of the deal. Look outside the frame and think of any possible way of thinking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the video that I have watched, critical thinking is taking a moment to go beyond the obvious and asked what you actually know and do not know. Although it is hard to understand what is critical thinking we can always know whether it is critical thinking because it is the opposite of uncritical thinking. Uncritically thinking is accepting something just the way it is and when you think without considering to stop for a moment and think whether a statement is sensible or justified.  Nevertheless, if we have the right tools which are skepticism and objectivity we can think critically. Skepticism means doubting the truth of something. While an objectivity means trying to see something in a more neutral point of view, trying to set aside our own feelings and bias as far as possible and to establish the fact that matter. It may sound easy and obvious but critical thinking seems unnatural to most people as it is to step out of your comfort zone and think more deeply on something. This is because critical thinking is not only explaining why we believe something is true but also being obliged to change our minds when facts change. This is a hard thing to do because people tends to have difficulty to change their minds. Even though perfect objectivity is impossible but the progress is not because beliefs nowadays can change after time because of new knowledge result from critical thinking. If we test our thinking not only for confirmation but by looking hard for things that we cannot explain and by asking ourselves what does not add up in the world around us and where the world fall short of what it might be comfortable to assume, this is critical thinking.   

2. Should I believe this? Why? (read the email)

From the email that I have read, I must say that you should not believe the content of the email and you should never send your personal information to this person who claim that she is Miss. Sharon Mohy.This is because of so many reasons that I found suspicious in this email. Firstly,is because of the date you received this email which is on 29 November 2017 and the sender mention about the dormant state of the account because of her father death has pass about a year and six months which is on 7 August 2011. This show a huge contradictions in both of this situations because it is already about 7 years apart from the death of her father for her to search a trustworthy person to help her in transferring the money.Secondly,is the most suspicious part is how does the sender found out your email address and why you were chosen when you live in Malaysia and the sender is living in Libya.moreover, it is very suspicious when the sender asked for your personal information only to earn the trust of a so called rich successor. This is because everyone knows it is hard to trust someone you barely know and your personal information does not even reflects how trustworthy you are. On top of that the sender claim that she wanted to start a new life with the money but then she claim that she wanted to invest the fortune she has gained to other people country. This show a contradiction to her claim. This are the reasons that you should not believe this suspicious mail.

 

3. Characteristics of a critical thinker (after reading 'Ten commandments for critical thinking' and answering the quizzes) 

The characters of a critical thinker is to slow down. This is when you pause and make a strategy and ask do the things matter and is it require deep thoughts. Then get rid of the unnecessary things and only think critically to what matters the most. Next is conserve mental energy by build habits and a working environment that help you focus and deal with things that require focus in a certain time where your focused is bursts and do not let others dictate your time and attention. Thirdly if in doubt a critical thinker will wait, this is when you think more deeply. Fourthly, is to know their own limit, this is when you admit that you do not know about something and seek for someone help. Beware of sunk costs, this is when if you are failing you must be brave to cut losses. Next is judge strategy, not results, this is when strategy is more important than the result itself. People who is a critical thinker judge by looking in the long term not because of something that is bound to happen. Besides that, a critical thinker must not seek for confirmation on certain thing but seek out challenges and contradictions, and put arguments and beliefs to a genuine test. They beware of frame of reference where they know the stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made. Last is to consider every option can be wrong and choose the most benefits one.

1.       (From the video), In my opinion, critical thinking is all about the taking a moment to go beyond the obvious and ask what you do and you do not know. In other words, critical thinking is thinking rationally after all the sensibility and justification of something is considered. Most of the time, people do not think of what they are doing simply because we do not have much time. However, not being able to engage critically does not mean that particular person is stupid. Two related concept, skepticism and objectivity are said to be the crucial tools to develop critical thinking in one’s mind. Skepticism means doubting the truth of something while objectivity means trying to see something from a neutral point of view. By developing critical thinking, the person is able to explain something they know and is obliged to changed their mind when facts change. 

2.        In my opinion, I should not believe this kind of email. This is because the whole email sounds like a made up story and it does not make sense. Why would anyone trust a stranger so much instead of their own family to inherit their wealth. The sender should find someone who they have known for quite some time instead of trying to give it to a stranger. The sender also asked for some personal information in which involved only in personal or government purpose. This email is obviously a scam. The sender did not even provide her personal information and kept telling her sad stories as if she was trying to manipulate the receiver. We all should think rationally and avoid this kind of email as it can be dangerous if our personal information falls to the wrong hand.

3.        The characteristics of a critical thinker are able to slow down and do not rush into making decision. A critical thinker should capable thinking deeply and constructing a strategy if needed when facing problems. Other than that, they can conserve mental energy. They can do this by building habits and a working environment which help you focus. Most importantly, do not let others dictate your time and attention. Next, a critical thinker would not jump into conclusion right away when they are facing doubtful situation. They will wait first and think deeply whether their action is worthy or not. A critical thinker knows what they are capable of. They are aware of their limit and they do not pretend to know something they do not know. They will seek out others’ expertise where theirs runs out. Apart from that, a critical thinker will never over valued things just because they have it. If it’s failing, they just cut their losses. They do not get shackled to their past. A critical thinker never judge results. They will judge the strategy instead and keep doing the right thing. Most things revert to the mean. They have to think further in case things did not work their way. A critical thinker has to seek refutation and not confirmation. Then, they will never let anyone decide for them. They choose the best decision for themselves. Last but not least, a critical thinker needs to think the pros and cons of every option so that they will not regret it in the future as every option can be wrong. 

 

2.      From my point of view, I already have trust problem when I read the e-mail briefly. I would neither believe nor disbelieve it. Honestly, I will just ignore the e-mail and put it in the trash. However, I need to give my own justification. The sender does not possess any evidence whether her statement is true or not. Plus, I cannot identify whether she is really a female or not. Too much questions come out from my mind. Is there really minister road in Libya? Why I was chosen? She should send the legal documents related to her problem attached with the e-mail at least. But, who knows she just has her own privacy. The main tool that she tries to get recipient’s attention is by sympathy. Issues related to money funding are quite serious and it also much related to fraud especially when the communication is not face to face. There is too much information lack and questionable from her which I can critically reason to search for the truth. Nevertheless, I can conclude that I would not trust this e-mail. It is not about intellectual or dumb to take the action but it is all about reasonable action to avoid the possibilities of getting the risks on me. Who knows, the subject is in a real situation but does not know the correct ways to ask for help from others. So, let’s just pray for her and everybody else.

 

3.      Characteristic of a critical thinker is to slow down when thinking deeply. Get on with the situation smoothly. Don’t be too rush as it will worsen the results. Apart from that, our mental energy is limited so we need to enhance it by building habits focused on our aim and don’t let ourselves to be distracted. Critical thinkers also should be full of patience especially in term of time. Some difficult problems demand more time in solving so patience is the key, just like doing assignments at the nick of time. Plus, if we don’t have our thoughts or points on a particular subject, just be honest that we know nothing rather than giving nonsense explanation which makes us look like a fool. Moreover, as a critical thinker we need to bear in mind that our effort might be useless as the results are unacceptable. However, don’t worry too much because what critical thinkers should focus about is mainly the strategy, the methods not the results. Most importantly, critical thinkers should have correct sources for thinking. It affects our way to give response to any issue wisely.

Sincerely,
madobae

Critical thinking is a principle of thinking where a person thinks about something thoroughly to make a better judgement. In example, before a person makes a decision, that person will think about the advantages and consequences of the decision that he or she will make. From the video, I realised that everybody can be a critical thinker. Thinking about something critically is not depends on your intelligence or your knowledge. It is depends on how much your curiosity to know the truth about it and how you let your surrounding affects your thinking. Critical thinking is a way of thinking where we think out of the box - beyond the range of a normal person’s thought. In other words, it is a concept which needs us to be more sensible when making a decision.

 

2.      Should I believe this? Why?

First of all, the email received is very suspicious. There are a lot of question exploding in my mind like a fireworks when read it. First, if she needs someone to be her trustee, why she chose me in a million people? Second, how did she gets my email account in a fact that her and I were not in the same country? Third, if she really wants me to her trustee, she should meet me first face by face and explain it properly which is not by the email. Forth, the information that she wants are all about personal information. It is a grave danger to give a stranger our own personal information. If I am the one who received that email, probably I will just ignored it and think it as a spam. This is because there’s no guarantee that the story and information that she told is true. In my opinion, it might be a syndicate technique in creating personal identity to be part of the country. Hence, the probably things that I will do are just ignored the email and block the sender. I must think about my safety first before thinking about other people.

 

 

3.      Write a response on characteristics of a critical thinker.

Critical thinker is someone who can think sensibly and fair. In my opinion, to be acritical thinker, we have to think slowly, deeply and understandingly about the certain topic. However, the most important element as a critical thinker is to stay curious and cautious about something. It is fundamental to not let people or surrounding affects your judgement. A critical thinker must stand firm with their own opinion but in a way that not rejecting others opinion blatantly. In a conclusion, it is important for us to apply this manners in order to be a critical thinker.

Thinking critically involves going beyond the obvious and ask what you do and do not know. While thinking uncritically involves accepting something at face value without pausing to consider whether it is sensible or justified. Thinking uncritically doesn't mean you are stupid and critical thinking is not what smart people always do.

People usually don't have time and energy to think critically. Whilst it is not practical for us to think whether green light means we have to move. It is important to know when and how to engage critically which is a question of habit and strategy. There are tools to think critically which are skepticism (doubting the truth of something) and objectivity (seeing something from a neutral point of view). It is crucial to set aside feelings and bias to establish the facts that matter.

Earth was once were felt and thought flat and the Sun was thought to be orbiting around the Earth until comes those skeptical people and the gradual accumulation and analysis of new knowledge brought new understandings that were updated as we learn more about those facts that matter. Critical thinking is not also just to explain the truth of something but also being able to change our mind when facts change. In hundred years' time, some of today's belief may be considered as laughable but still people usually don't like changing their minds. Importantly, thinking critically is not when you test your thinking to seek CONFIRMATION, but by looking hard for the things we still cannot explain.

2. Should I believe this? Why?

After reading this email, the first thing came into my mind is that who is this guy and how did he/she got my email as this person is from Libya and didn't even mention my country as if he/she really trust and know me? The first thing I did when reading this email is to confirm whether there is any Minister of road in Libya and it is definitely a lie when there is only Minister of transportation in Libya which deals with the projects involving roads. That is the most obvious lie in this email. Thinking it twice makes me felt weird as among of all human beings around this world, why am I the chosen one to receive this large amount of money and she even easily offered me a large proportion of that huge value? Not having any official letters from the bank or any trusted source even helped me to make up my minds that this email is really a fraud and not to be trusted anyways.

Conclusively, I had made up my mind not to trust such emails especially when it involves your personal information as they could do many things against us as they have those.

3. Characteristics of a critical thinker.

Select and apply attention on certain issues that need a strategy and don't worry much about those didn't need one. Conserve your metal energy as you have limited willpower, mental energy and attention. Build habits and working environment to help you focus. Not having any background activities when doing any work.

Wait and take some time when you are in doubt in something. Having some pauses and silence is a need for a better thought. Decide whether taking or not to take any actions. Know your limits and don't pretend to know what you don't know. Seek experts and don't assume them to know what they don't expertise in.

Be ready to accept losses and not to stick with something you see is not working out. Make sure you minimize your loss rather than losing everything. Not to judge the outcome of something you have done. Failing with a good strategy is better than succeeding with a bad strategy as you cannot be too obsessed of short term success.

Look things in a long term. Don't give credits to people for what is likely to happen. Do not seek for confirmation. Challenge and contradict ideas by putting your arguments and beliefs in a genuine test. Be sure of your terms and reference. Your perceptions of one's values are always relative and does not fix. Do it yourself and don't let something else do it for you. Look outside the frame of your choices. Look if the choices were really an option and ask yourself for a better way of thinking.

 

2.       In my opinion, you should not believe the email. This is because the sender herself didn't provide her full information and show any legitimate documents to prove whatever she stated is true. She just simply plead for sympathy to someone who doesn't even know her and most importantly, she doesn't state how she gets your email address and she didn't clearly state why she had chosen you to be the trustee. It’s very random and illogical. She doesn’t even have the right to ask your personal information especially this being the first time she contacted you. The way she asked for your personal information seems most likely a fraud. Hence, you shouldn't believe this kind of email without finding the truth beyond all the words. This is obviously a scam and you should ignore it.

 

3.       Characteristics of a critical thinker are able to slow down and think twice upon something; able to conserve mental energy to focus on something worth dealing; able to wait patiently  on hard thought rather than coming up with a stupid decision; knowing well their limit for self-betterment; judging strategy of something rather than its result; seeking for refutation to improve argument and insight on something rather than confirmation, duelling in the comfort zone; being aware of the frame of reference of something and many more.

Based on the article, I agree that technology can be addictive as we depend on it in many situations. Either for communication or gaining knowledge, technology like smartphones and laptops are simply needed in our daily lives. The statistics stated in the article further proves this point to be true. However, I disagree that technology cause more disadvantages than benefit us. As mentioned before, technology helps the society in many ways, be it as a mean to connect with people or as a tool to gain more knowledge. We just have to set boundaries to avoid overuse of technology which leads to addiction. The detrimental effects of technology mentioned in the article are mental and physical distress as well as emotional instability. I have read about addiction to technology before in a book called Awaken written by Katie Kacvinsky which is about a world where most people are plugged in. When I first read the book, I remember thinking that our world is not that far from being the one in the book. This fictional story helped me understand more about the advantages and disadvantages of technology. It all depends on the way we choose to use the technology to benefit us instead of wasting our time by getting distracted by it. This was also one of the hidden messages in one of the satirical illusion in the video. 

Satirical illusion allows people to deliver their opinion about the society and allows critical argument indirectly. This particular video I watched gave me an insight on our addiction to technology. Some important messages that I managed to point out is that technology is becoming an obstacle for human interaction nowadays. We are tied to social medias on our gadgets and crave for people’s approval through the amount of likes we get on our social media posts. In the end, we isolate ourselves with gadgets and refuse to enjoy nature as well. Besides that, the reliability of information on the Internet is also questionable as people are getting used to making assumptions and spreading gossip which are untrue. Not only that, some people use technology to harm others with negative comments when they are emotionally distressed themselves. Invading others’ privacy has also become a normality in this virtual world. All these lead me to think that addiction to  technology can be very dangerous if not prevented in the future.

Nowadays, technology is all around us. With the help of technology, our world just got a whole lot bigger. We discover a lot of thing that a 100 years ago was a subject of laughter. However, society today become too dependent on technology that it has become an addiction and cause lots of problem.

The video shown was a compilation of satirical illustration that shows today's society with technology, mainly social media platform. The idea that this addiction can detach someone from real life is the same as being addicted to drugs- when they had their first taste, they want for more until they lose themselves in a sense. This video made me remember my childhood that I was the kind of girl that play dolls with other girls who lived near my house. I was so happy back then. Now with the existence of technology, I find those to be tiresome.
 
From the article for 'Addiction to Technology', this is not a shock to me because I remember when my mother forbid me from using my phone and computer for the day. Along the day, I feel very bored, frustrated and kind of confused that day like my life was sucked out for the day. It was then I realized that my life circulate on technology. Without it, I feel very confused and lost. 

Despite all the bad things caused with technology, I cannot argue that technology keep tabs on everyday's news. Technology nowadays help people with their everyday life from a simple call to someone to the new and developing technology such as AI like Alexa. With this, everything can be found and command with a finger tap or voice command. I wish there is a way that people can still have use their technology yet still keep their mind connected to the reality around them.

     I remember back at the time when I was in my bed getting ready to sleep at 12 midnight, I looked at my Oppo smartphone and opened my Facebook application and I started scrolling down. Then I realized that it had been already 4 a.m. I was spending 4 hours looking at Facebook memes and timeline until I forgot the existence of time. And then I was late for class in the morning. The thing shows that we are losing our identities as human as we are attached to the technology. We are inserting the thing into our normal life, which we should not. The real daily communication becomes virtual and the virtual becomes reality. Perhaps I have become what social media scholar Danah Boyd calls a “technofretful parent” but I myself possess my own real life to be taken care of rather than spending times with ‘Clash of Clans’ or ‘Angry Birds’ on my mobile phone. My point is we should not let the technology dictates us. However, we are the one who create them and know what are their limit in favor of controlling them with our own hands. We are over-adapted to being watched in stories, to have little left of ourselves that is not “posted”, “liked” or “commented”. To what extent is our humanness has become unrecognizable to us? Just take a moment to think about it for a moment while watching your Facebook timeline.

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After watching the video and reading the article, I agree that in this modern day, technology is like a basic necessities for people. I can say this because of my own experience in life, I realize that I do not know what to do when I have a lot of time to spare after my SPM examination. All I did was watching movies all day and sometimes it made me think what if there is no technology? What should I do then? All the question keep coming out but I still spent my time watching movies as I was addicted to it. 
In conjunction to my experience, I mostly agree to the article “Student 'addiction' to technology 'similar to drug cravings'” this is because Prof Susan Moeller, who led the research, said technology had changed the students’ relationships. I agree to this because technology can breaks family bonds. This is because family members cannot make a conversation if all of the family members is using their sweet time talking and chatting in their phones. This led me to agree to the statements where “students talked about how scary it was, how addicted they were,”. I also must agree that technology provides the social network for young people because they does not have to meet up to get to now new people or make friends because nowadays people can do this all online. I also agree that when we are not connected to technology we would felt helpless as there is nothing we can think of to do beside staying connected to technology because our life revolves on technology. I once wanted to experience a whole day without technology but it was very difficult because mainly a student cannot be separated from technology as this is the way they can receive lesson, completing their assignment or getting information from their lecturers. This show that technology is very important nowadays but can be very dangerous in some ways. However in this article I disagree on the statement ‘I became bulimic with my media; I starved myself for a full 15 hours and then had a full-on binge.’ because for me how addictive I am food is my top priority.

Does technology have a detrimental effect on us? The point that technology have a detrimental effect on us is when the people can starve for 15 hours long and had a full-on binge after that. Technology also can be harmful to ask if we are addicted to it, this may cause us to live unhealthily. We can also be passive if our lives is evolved around technology only. From this research article and my own experience I must agree that there is technology addiction.  

   

In my opinion, the usage of technology and social media nowadays is an issue that should be taken seriously by everyone. Besides that, the gadgets are also a crucial matter especially for kids and teenagers. It seems like they can’t live or breathe without the gadgets.

Based on the video, I strongly agree that there is such thing as ‘technology addiction’. Anywhere we go, we could see the people’s mind and eyes are glued to their smartphones no matter whether in the public transport or in the restaurant. This could lead to the lack of communication skill among the kids and teenagers. When they grow up, it will be hard for them to communicate in a proper way since they were disclosed with the technology since small.

From the article, I do believe that the technology has already conquer the young generation today. Based on the research, it stated that it was hard for the students to live without smartphones for a day. Honestly, as a student, I admit that it is quite difficult to leave the smartphone because most of the time, I use it to keep lecture notes and having a group discussion with friends. However, we have to know our limits and do not misused the social media as it will bring to an unhealthy life. Hence, we should know that lots of benefits can we get it we utilize the technology ingeniously. 

     Technology has become a dominant in today’s life. Everything happens for a reason and the main reason is because of technology. For example, in today’s society, people starting to encourage cashless society, which means that everyone buy stuffs without bringing a wallet but a smartphone. We just need to flash our smartphone on a machine and the payment is made. Besides, lecturers can send notes to their students through email. Undeniably, technology does bring us advantages.

     However, everything has its pros and cons. Being addicted to technology, people start to face problems like how to communicate with one another. They keep on chatting with their friends through social media, but when they meet up with their friends, they become socially awkward. They could not communicate properly with their friends as they used to chat using text. In addition, as stated in the article, people will start feeling uneasy when they are not allowed to use the technology. Its like a modern-day-drug to everyone. Even when a child starts to cry, the parents will also try to ask their children to be quiet by giving them to watch videos on the Youtube or play games in the phone and tablet. Children starting to lose their innocent and pure childhood time. Besides, people also starts to become unaware towards the surrounding. They keep on spending time on their gadgets even when walking in the street until they do not know what had happened surround them while they are walking. They would not even notice that if an old lady falls by the roadside. Thus, they would not stop and help the pity old lady. 

     In a nutshell, there are pros and cons on technology, A good usage of technology does bring a lot of benefits to us. Nevertheless, addiction to technology is really like a thorn in a flesh, a thorn in the society. Therefore, I hope that everyone will not misuse technology and make a full good use of technology but not addicted to it. 

Actually, it depends on the person itself. I think it is not the technology's fault. It is our fault. Technology makes our life easier and better, not to make our life getting worst and sick. Only people nowadays do not know how to appreciate technology and they overused them. From the satirical illustrations in the video, it is cleary stated that the misuse of technology effect negatively on one's life. We slowly break our family relationship eventhough we still have dinner together, we failed to speak in front of the crowd, and to be clear and honest, we do not live in a real life. We still communicate, but it is in virtual life. People also tend to invest a lot amount of money to buy something pricey and post them to the social media for the sake of 'Likes' and 'Shares'. Nowadays, people gain happiness through this. The more the 'Likers', the more they think that they are popular and the more they happy. To be honest, I think it is not the real happiness, they just want to prove to everyone that they are living happily, but the reality is not. 

  

  So, my point is, we do not have to blame the technology, we must blame ourself. We as a normal human can decide whether the applications are useful or not. It is our fault to install it and get addicted of it day by day. It is not the technology's fault because the applications do not come automatically in our phone. It is our finger tapping the button 'Install'. In a nutshell, don't let the technology to conquer us.

As we are marching towards the era of globalization and urbanization, the youngsters are badly suffocated with the addiction towards technology and social networks. I am a teenager myself, and I acknowledge all of the occurrences and reports that were told as I have encountered most of the events shown in the video and written in the article. We may not notice the aftereffects of being too attached to the technology, but being too dependent on it does bring disaster to the current generation. A fact that most of us doesn’t know about is that, engaging ourselves with our cellphones and the social media releases a chemical called ‘dopamine’. That is why when we get a text, or notifications from our facebook, twitter or instagram account, we feel good. Dopamine is the exact same chemical that makes us feel good when we smoke, when we drink and when we gamble. In other word, it is highly highly addictive. 

In today’s society, a lot of people are depending so much on technology especially to make them feel loved and worthy and this explains a lot why the number of likes on instagram and retweets on twitter does give a vast satisfaction to some people. The youths’ social and communication’s skills are severely appalling as compared to the older generations' because most of their acquaintances are “internet friends” and so, they have very small circle of friends in real life and some of them are more comfortable being alone with their gadgets, alienating themselves from the reality of life. 

With technology, we grow in a world with instant gratification. When we feel like buying something, we go to amazon.com, lazada or shopee and your stuff arrives the next day. When we feel like watching movie, log on and watch it on the internet. When we feel like learning something; how to bake for example, search for recipes and watch cooking show on youtube. You won’t have to go out to do all these things. Everything will be served right in front of you with just a click. Yes, with technology, everything mentioned above is possible. With technology, everything we want, we can have it instantaneously. Everything, except for strength of relationship and self-confidence, there ain’t no app for that. They are slow and messy process. These two things are what today’s generation are lack of in themselves, and these are examples of the negative effects that technology could give us. 

 

The fact that we could never live a day without technology and internet, defines so much about our addiction towards it. And like all addictions, it will destroy relationships, it will cost time, money, and make our life worse. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that technology does have a number of benefits provided for the mankind. But do not let ourselves being too attached to it. When we spend less time on technology, we would literally enjoy the world, even the simplest little thing that happens, and that is when the bombastic ideas come. 

       However, everything has its own advantages and disadvantages. I agree that technology has made our live easier. We can easily communicate with others and simply find information through internet access. Therefore, I believe we should realize its bad effect and start using it wisely so we can avoid ourselves from becoming addicted to it.

The video also shows that long term wireless use may be associated with health risk. Sitting in front of a computer for too many hours can be a health hazard which can lead to weight gain which causes cardiovascular disease and diabetics. Other than that, even when we're out and about, we take our electronics with us, often in the form of iPods or other digital music players. It's nice to be insulated from the hurly-burly of modern life, but listening to music through headphones can increase the risk of hearing loss.

I’m not going to lie I love technology; I think it’s a wonderful thing. But when I call my friends to go to the movies or go get some lunch, and they don’t want to go because they “don’t feel up to it”, I suggest you show up at their house or roo and drag them away from their computer; otherwise, I don’t think they’re going to move. Technology is necessary, but over used. It can be good for some things, but some things are unnecessary and make us less social.

 It is no secret that the technologies that arrive upon the millennium age has benefitted us in more ways than we can imagine. We can easily cross the sea that separates us with our loved ones, only by a phone call. With just a press of your thumb, you can get accessed to news all over the world. With just tweeting hashtags, you can let the people on warzone know that you are aware of their misery.  Discussions with your groupmates are easily done without even leaving the four walls of your room. Simply put, the world is in the tips of your hands. 
 However, things that are made easy are the ones who steal you of the littlest things that make life more memorable. The evidence for this is, it is a common sight to see a group of family bending over on their dining table, each and every one of them with a gadget of their own. Technologies make communications easy but the very essence of communication which is verbal is forgotten and lost. 

           

In my opinion, like everything else. Technology also have their own pros and cons. But it depending on users to use it as good or bad thing. We need to control our addiction towards technology or things getting worse. We also need to keep in touch with people around us without using social media. We need to enjoy nature without holding gadget to taking pictures of them. Be appreciative to people around you before it is too late and you will be regret. 

And don’t you know, this bad habits can lead to bad effect. Which is can lead to bad or lack of communication skills. This is not a good news to the students performance. Todays requirement, communication is so important. For example, to have any jobs or scholarship, students need to go through interview which is to test their communication skills. So, as a student, we need to lesser the using of gadgets and observe things around us by using our own pair of eyes. 

These addiction to technology may bring up to people neglecting other responsibilities, like spending time with family or focusing on academics. People who spend time excessively will most likely see their grades and overall performance in school drop. There are also many health problems with the 21th century people spend less time for exercise or other intense activities that may lead to obesity. 

My experience is when I was in primary school, the students there will easily get along with other friends because they are playing active games with each other while most of nowadays student are so introvert where they cant communicate with each other well because they used to just whatsapp or message them when they need to. I also enjoying many great activity like playing jenga, duelling with yugioh/uno cards, monopoly which needed a group of friends to enjoying it while the kids today having a passive game play where they just need to touch the phone screen to play it alone.

 That’s why the use of technology is something that needs to be done in moderation in order to prevent these problems from becoming serious and not become addicted.

 

Reflective Essay on Internet Addiction

Being part of this modernized world is such a bless at your first sight but when you see everything more deeply and thoroughly, you will realize that we were all deceived by the freedom and the convenience of technology all around us. We may seem not to be colonized but we are, in the new form of colonization which is by the TECHNOLOGY. 

Acknowledging this, I was once trapped in the world of technology where I was unable to undergo my daily life as a normal social person. Being unable to speak confidently, join a group conversation and even talking without being awkward among my friends, I realized I was one of the victims of this 'blessed' communication technology when I rely on Facebook when communicating among my friends during school breaks (since I was in a boarding school). But fortunately I did overcame this problem as I entered my form 4, seeing the effort of my counselor helping me much in improving my communication skills. Thanks to them I escaped from continuously being the victim of Internet addiction.

As every single thing exist, they will be benefits and shortcomings but we can see how common people will tend to be intrigued to be affected by the technology rather than benefiting from it. Technology are undeniably crucial in our life as it does not just make our life easier, but also making it more efficient and meaningful. But seeing how teenagers nowadays are controlled by this even them facing such addictions, making me think about the upcoming new generations. As if teenagers nowadays are much affected by the technology, how could they become a good parents for their children in the future? Can the future generations entertain their children without giving them iPads and internet connections just to please them? How will the entertainment and social devices evolve as technology continue to evolve in such a vast effect? People should realize these consequences as they live their 'happy' life thinking the fate of our upcoming heirs. For now, just pause, take a deep breath, slow down and think while scrolling down your Instagram account. 

Reflective Essay on Addiction to Technology

From the article and the video, it is true that people nowadays are addicted to the technology. As we live in a very modern world where technologies can be found everywhere, we can say that our life is depend on it. In my opinion, it is good to use technology in our daily life. However, the term ‘use’ technology should be specified. Technology is something that will ease our work and our life routine. It also give benefits to us if we use it in a good way. For example, technology can be used in finding information in a faster way. It also can reduce time and budget when using it for seeking information. The existence of technology also connects people who is miles away from us. In a nutshell, technology is beneficial to us and important in our life.

On the other hand, technology also gives some negative impacts to the users. People who are depending their life totally on technology surely cannot live without technology in a second. This is because, they had set their mind that technology is everything they need in their life. Some people who are addicted social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are tend to develop passive traits. They rather choose to meet someone online than meet themselves in personal – face to face. This decreases the social interaction among our social norms and it is very dangerous. If it is happen continuously, our world is predicted to become silent in the next hundreds years where people are just doing their own business through technology and not interaction among themselves.

In a conclusion, we can say that technology gives either positive or negative effects on us depending on how we use it. So, we must use our precious technologies in a way that gives us more benefits instead of its bad impact. It is not a problem to live with technology, but use it well in order to get benefits from it. 

In today’s society, a lot of people are depending so much on technology especially to make them feel loved and worthy and this explains a lot why the number of likes on instagram and retweets on twitter does give a vast satisfaction to some people. The youths’ social and communication’s skills are severely appalling as compared to the older generations' because most of their acquaintances are “internet friends” and so, they have very small circle of friends in real life and some of them are more comfortable being alone with their gadgets, alienating themselves from the reality of life. 

With technology, we grow in a world with instant gratification. When we feel like buying something, we go to amazon.com, lazada or shopee and your stuff arrives the next day. When we feel like watching movie, log on and watch it on the internet. When we feel like learning something; how to bake for example, search for recipes and watch cooking show on youtube. You won’t have to go out to do all these things. Everything will be served right in front of you with just a click. Yes, with technology, everything mentioned above is possible. With technology, everything we want, we can have it instantaneously. Everything, except for strength of relationship and self-confidence, there ain’t no app for that. They are slow and messy process. These two things are what today’s generation are lack of in themselves, and these are examples of the negative effects that technology could give us. 

 

The fact that we could never live a day without technology and internet, defines so much about our addiction towards it. And like all addictions, it will destroy relationships, it will cost time, money, and make our life worse. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that technology does have a number of benefits provided for the mankind. But do not let ourselves being too attached to it. When we spend less time on technology, we would literally enjoy the world, even the simplest little thing that happens, and that is when the bombastic ideas come. 

Wireless Devices may cause harm, this research is not shoddy,

Cervical spine stress caused by your communication possession,

Your head forward position increases cervical compression

 

On top of that there is an increase risk of brain cancer

It is enough to make you pause, before you answer,

Keep your cell phone away from your body and place

it in your purse or outer coat pocket, not near your face!

 

And use your speaker phone or ear phones instead

of placing the phone directly against your head.

It is impossible to belief that that only a few years ago,

there were no cell phones. So now when you go

home, put the phone away so you can be with your family.

Cell phone use is ubiquitous, sometime you need to get free!

        I agree to the article that technology can be addictive sometimes and teenagers have to control or limit the usage of their technological gadgets so that they won’t be too addicted and dependant on their gadgets to live their life. I’m not saying that people should avoid technology altogether, but have to limit their usage as technology do have its benefits if used wisely.

        Based on the ‘Satirical illustrations on addiction to technology’, we can see several bad effects caused by addiction to technology. One of the effects is that technology creates a barrier between human beings to communicate in their everyday life. This also has been occurred around me whenever I go out to eat or sit with my friends. They often use their phones rather than talking with one another. This shows that people are too tied to their technological devices until they could forget the people around them. Furthermore, technology has also caused distress to others and has emerged to cyberbullying. So, I believe that when technology, when not controlled, could cause several dangerous effects to people and can slowly lead to the destruction of humanity.

Technology gave rise to tonnes of social media, where information spreads and you can get in the know with just a few taps and scroll. The problem is however, you won’t be able to tap or scroll just for a few times, unless we are talking about those selected few. This occurrence is normal, although not healthy, but it is perfectly normal to get addicted to using them.

Technologies made our life easy in lots of way, but the most apparent one is obviously connecting people from afar. It lets you talk to people without having the effort to go and meet them. It also gives you reports and news from all over the world. And most importantly it connects you with people close and dear to you. There are also games for when people are bored. A simple game for you to fulfil your leisure, or more complex ones, played with your friends from your community and is played as sports – e-sports. There are also smart assistants who will do most of the things you should and help you doing them, ranging from reminding you for your appointment to finding you the best place to eat, they can do almost anything.

However, with this lots of pros, there also comes cons. Connecting people from afar made people lazier. So much lazier that people converse through texts although they can already meet them just by climbing a flight of stairs. The games that are made to entertain sometimes entertain people too much that they got addicted, spending 23 hours per day on screen. Having assistants make you rely on them too much that your brain starts to function less because apparently you need reminders for everything.

Technology is great and all but it came with a price, therefore use it wisely, and don’t get addicted.